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HEGULATIONS 



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ADOPTED, 1847. 



SALEM: 

PRINTED AT THE GAZETTE OFFICE. 
1847. 






GENERAL REGULATIONS. 



CHAPTER I. 

Organization of the Board. 
Section i. The Board being constituted, under the provisions of the City 
Charter, of so many members as the City Council shall see fit annually to elect, 
in addition to the Mayor and President of the Common Council, who are ex offi- 
cio members, it is deemed necessary, for the organization of the Board in con- 
formity to the Regulations hereby established, that the number of members to 
be elected by the City Council shall be eighteen, so that the Board, when full, 
shall consist of twenty members. A copy of the regulations, with a special re- 
ference to this article, shall be furnished by the Clerk to the Mayor at the com- 
menceinent of the municipal year, in order that the same may be communicated 
to both Boards of the City Council, before they shall proceed to an election. 

Sec. 2. The Mayor shall be Chairman, the President of the Common Coun- 
cil shall be Vice Chairman, the City Clerk shall be Clerk, and the City Messen- 
ger shall be Messenger of the Board. 

Sec. 3. In the absence of both the Chairman and Vice Chairman, the Board 
shall elect a Chairman pro tempore. 

Sec. 4. In addition to the above named officers, there shall be an Executive 
Committee, and three Visiting Committees. 

CHAPTER 11. 

Duties of Officers. 

Sec, 1. The Chairman shall preside at all meetings of the Board, shall re- 
ceive all communications, and shall sign all documents in their behalf. He 
shall be authorized to call special meetings of the Board, and shall be required 
to do so upon the request of any three members. He shall always call a special 
meeting as soon as may be after the election of the members, for the purpose of 
organization. 

It shall be the duty of the Chairman to bring before the Board, from time to 
time, whatever business may require their attention, as arising under these reg- 
ulations or otherwise. 



In the absence of the Chairman, his powers and duties shall devolve upon the 
Vice-Chairman ; and in the absence of both, upon the Chairman pro tempore to 
be elected by the Board. 

The genera] powers and duties of the Chairman shall be the same as those of 
the President of the Common Council, as defined by the rules of that Board. 

Sec. 2. The Chairman and Vice-Chairman shall attend the annual exami- 
nations, and shall make occasional visitations, to the end that, as the representa- 
tives of the two Boards of the City Council, they may be well informed of the 
state of the Schools. 

Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the Clerk to keep a faithful record of all the 
votes and doings of the Board and of the several Committees, to preserve files 
of all communications addressed to the Board, and of all Reports of Committees ; 
to copy into the Record all such documents as the Board may direct ; to notify 
all meetings of the Board, and of the Executive and Visiting Committees, by 
causing a printed notification to be left by the Messenger at the place of resi- 
dence of each member ; to keep a separate record of all accounts passed by the 
Board ; and generally to perform the services appropriate to his office, so far as 
ihe same shall be required by the Board, or the several Committees. 

Skc. 4. It shall be the duty of the Messenger to take charge of the room 
assigned to the Board in the City Hall, to cause the same to be always in readi- 
ness, and to be suitably lighted and heated for the meetings of the Board and 
of the several Committees, to deliver all notifications, documents and messages; 
to distribute and collect the Quarterly Returns of the Teachers, and the Quar- 
terly Reports of the Visiting Committees ; and generally to perform all services 
appropriate to his office, accordingly as he may be directed by the Chairman, 
Clerk, or any member of the several Committees. 

CHAPTER m. 

Executive Committee. 

Sec. 1. The Executive Committee shall consist of the Chairman and Vice- 
Chairman of the Board, and the Chairmen of the several Visiting Committees. 
Sec 2. The duties of the Executive Committee shall be as follows, viz : 

1. To prepare, and cause to be printed and distributed, blank forms for the 
quarterly Returns of the Principals, and the quarterly and annual Reports of the 
Visiting Committees, and to prepare the Annual Report and the Annual Return 
required by lav/ to be transmitted to the Secretary of the Commonwealth. 

2. To consider and report upon the expediency of building new school-houses, 
and of altering or repairing those already built, and to superintend the erection 
of school-houses, and all special alterations and repairs which may be authorized 
by the Board. 

3. To provide for all slight repairs which may require immediate attention, 
for the appointment of suitable persons to take charge of the school-houses at 
such rates of compensation as shall be authorized by the Board, for the supply 
of fuel and ink, and of the necessary articles of school furniture and stationary. 



4. To procure all such Books for the use of scholars as it becomes necessary 
to furnish at the expense of the city. 

5. To receive and audit all accounts against the Board, and to cause a roll of 
such accounts as may have been examined and approved by them to be laid be- 
fore the Board at each regular meeting. 

6. To prepare and report estimates of all appropriations which may be requir- 
ed for the use of the School Committee, and to present the same, when approved 
by the Board, for the consideration of the City Council. 

7. To investigate, whenever presented by any member of a Visiting Commit- 
tee, the complaints of parents, masters or guardians against teachers for undue 
severity or neglect in the treatment of scholars ; and in all such cases, if, upon 
investigation and a hearing of both parties, the complaint should prove to be 
well founded, and the complainant desires further action, to report thereon to 
the Board. 

8. To decide upon the application of teachers and scholars to be relieved from 
the enforcement of the Regulations in extraordinary cases, in which the appli- 
cation is accompanied by the recommendation of a member of a Visiting Com- 
mittee. 

9. To consider and report npon any proposition for a change in the Regula- 
tions which may have been previously submitted at a meeting of the Board. 

10. To devise and recommend, in their annual or special reports, all such 
measures as they shall deem adapted to promote the economy, efficiency, and 
advancement of the system of public instruction. 

Sec. 3. The Annual Report shall include all copies or abstracts of the annu- 
al Reports of the Visiting Committees, with such omissions, and such additional 
statements or remarks as the Executive Committee may deem necessary, and 
shall be presented to the Board in sufficient season to be laid before the City 
Council, and duly transmitted to the Secretary of the Commonwealth. 

Sec. 4. The Executive Committee shall regularly meet once in each month, 
at such times as they may appoint ; and shall hold special meetings whenever 
the Chairman, at his own instance, or, upon the request of any member, shall 
direct the Clerk to notify the same ; and at all meetings the presence of three 
members shall be required to constitute a quorum. 

CHAPTER IV. 

Visiting Committees. 

Sec. 1. As soon as may be after the annual organization, the Board shall be 
divided into three Visiting Committees in such manner that each elective mem- 
ber of the Board shall be a member of one of the Visiting Committees. 

The First Visiling Commiliee shall consist of three members, who shall have 
the care of the Fisk, Bowditch, and Saltonstall Schools. 

The Second Visiting Committee shall consist of seven members, who shall 
have the care of the Epes, Browne, Pickering, Hacker, Higginson, Phil- 
lips, and BENTiiEY Schools. 



The Third Visiting Committee shall consist of eight members who shall have 
the care of the Primary Schools, which shall be arranged, in such manner as 
the Visiting Committee may deem expedient, into eight divisions. 

Sec. 2. The several Visiting Committees, as soon as may be after their 
appointment, shall elect Chairmen by ballot, and the Chairmen thus elected, 
shall be duly recognized as members of the Executive Committee. 

Sec. 3. The several Visiting Committees shall make such a distribution of 
the schools or divisions respectively assigned to them that each member shall 
have the special charge of a single school or division. 

It shall be the duty of each member to maintain a constant oversight of the 
school or division of schools placed under his charge ; and for this purpose, he 
shall visit the school or schools " c? least once in each month, without giinng 
previous notice to the teacher,'''' in conformity to the lav/ of the Commonwealth. 
The object of such visits shall be to obtain a full knowledge of the organization 
of the schools, the state of discipline, the method of instruction, the condition of 
the school-houses, out-houses and fences, and generally of all causes in operation 
affecting the welfare of the schools, which deserve to be especially noticed, 
either by way of praise or censure. He shall examine the schools or divisions 
of schools under his care, during the last week of the terms ending in May, 
August and November. At the close of each term he shall examine and ap- 
prove the Quarterly Return prepared by the Principal, and shall prepare the 
Quarterly Report to be annexed thereto, in the form prescribed by the Executive 
Committee. He shall also append to the Report such statements and sugges- 
tions as he may deem entitled to the consideration of the Visiting Committee ; 
and especially he shall always express an opinion in regard to the manner in 
which the several teachers have performed their duties daring the term. He 
shall deliver the Quarterly Report together with the Quarterly Return to the 
Messenger, to be carried to the Chairman of the Visiting Committees. 

It shall also be the duty of each member, in reference to the school or division 
of schools under his charge, to give his advice to the teachers in any emergency, 
to make careful inquiry into every case of misconduct formally reported by a 
Principal, to confer with the parent, master or guardian of the offending scholar, 
in relation thereto, and to adjudge the penalty to which, in every such case, the 
offending scholar shall be subjected. In every case thus formally reported, his 
decision shall be given in writing, and shall be subject to the revision of the 
Board, upon the application either of the parent, master or guardian of the of- 
fending scholar, or of the teacher. 

It shall also be the duty of each member, in reference to the school or division 
of schools under his charge, to receive the complamts of parents, masters or 
guardians against teachers for undue severity or neglect in the treatment of 
scholars, and to present such complaint to the Executive Committee, whenever 
he shall deem the same of sufficient importance to require investigation. 

It shall also be the duty of each member to attend the annual examinations 
appointed by the Chairman ; to accompany the Chairman in his visitation of the 



school or division of schools under tlie charge of such member, and to confer 
and co-operate with the Chairman in relation to all measures affecting the wel- 
fare of the schools. 

Sec. 4. The Chairmen of the several Visiting Committees shall be required 
to attend annual examinations and visitations of all the schools under their 
charge, in the month of February, and to prepare reports thereon. 

The Chairman of the First Visiting Committee, in connexion with the other 
members, and such persons, not members of the Board, as by the authority of 
the Visiting Committee he may invite for the purpose, shall make a full and 
thorough examination of each class in the Fisk, Bowditch, and Saltonstall 
Schools, the results of which shall be stated, as much in detail as may be deem- 
ed useful, in his annual Report. 

The Chairman of the Second Visiting Committee shall cause the Principals of 
the Epes, Browne, Pickering, Hacker, Phillips, Higginson, and Bentley 
Schools to bring together in the month aforesaid, on such days and at such place 
as he may appoint, all the scholars belonging to the first class in each school, 
and, in conformity to such directions as may have been previously adopted by 
the Board, he shall make a full, thorough and uniform examination of the class- 
es in attendance in all the studies of the preceding year. In conducting such 
examinations, the Chairman shall avail himself of the assistance of the other 
members of the Visiting Committee, and shall also be authorized to require the 
assistance of the Principals of the Bowditch and Saltonstall schools, so far as 
he may desire the same. 

The Chairman of the Third Visiting Committee shall cause the Principals of 
the Primary Schools to bring together in the month aforesaid, on such days and 
at such place and in such divisions as he may appoint, all the scholars belonging 
to the first class in each school, and in conformity to such directions as may 
have been previously adopted by the Board, he shall make a full, thoiough and 
uniform examination of the classes in attendance in all the studies of the preced- 
ing year. In conducting such examinations, the Chairman shall avail himself 
of the assistance of the other members of the Visiting Committee, and shall also 
be authorized to require the assistance of any of the Principals of the schools 
under the care of the Second Visiting Committee, so far as he may desire the 
same. 

As soon as may be after each annual examination, the Chairmen of the Vis- 
iting Committees shall visit the several schools with which ihey are respectively 
connected, for the purpose of making such personal inspection and inquiry in all 
respects as will enable them faitJifully to prepare their annual report. The 
Chairman of each Visiting Committee shall notify the several members thereof 
of the time appointed for tlie visitation of their respective schools, and, so far as 
he may have opportunity, shall confer with the members thus associated with 
him, and seek their co-operation in the performance of his duties. 

At the close of the annual examination in February, the Chairman of the 
Second Visiting Committee, in connection with the member having special 



charge of each school, and the Principal of the School, shall furnish certificates 
to as many of the scholars belonging to the First Class as they shall in concur- 
rence adjudge to have sustained a good moral character, and to have completed 
in a satisfactory manner all the studies required in the school ; and such certifi- 
cates shall also express the relative rank, in respect alike to scholarship and de- 
portment, as adjudged by them in concurrence, of the several scholars belonging 
tuthe First Class. The certificate thus furnished shall be in the form annexed, 
(marked A.) The Chairman of the Third Visiting Committee, in connection 
■with the member having special charge of each Primary School, and the Princi- 
pal of the school, shall at the same time furnish a general certificate to as many 
scholars belonging to the First Class as they shall in concurrence adjudge to be 
qualified foi admission into the higher schools. The certificate shall be in the 
form annexed, (marked B.) 

The Chairmen of the several Visiting Committees shall direct the clerk to 
send a printed notice of the day and place appointed for each annual examina- 
tion, to each member of the Board, to the Principal of every school, and to 
every member of the City Council : and shall further cause a copy of the notice 
to be published in the newspapers, for the information of parents of scholars, 
and the citizens at large. 

Sec. 5. The annual Reports, required to be prepared by the respective 
Chairmen of the Visiting Committees, shall be laid before the Visiting Com- 
mittees, at meetings to be held as soon as may be after the examinations and 
visitations in the several Divisions have been completed. Each report shall em- 
brace in a succinct form all the information which may have been collected, and 
all suggestions which are deemed important in relation to each school, under the 
following heads, viz : 

1. Number of scholars — increase or diminution since the preceding report — 
with a statement of the ascertained or supposed causes of such increase or dimi- 
nution. 

2. Number of absences during the year, as obtained from the Quarterly Re- 
turns with the results of a careful inquiry mto the causes of such absences, and 

the practicability of diminishing the same by a change in the Special Rules, if 
it shall appear that the existing rules have been properly enforced, but have 
failed to produce the intended effect. Under this head the views of the mem- 
bers, so far as they may have been ascertained from their Quarterly Reports, or 
from personal communication, as well also as the explanations and suggestions 
of Teachers, shall always be presented. 

3. Whole number of tardinesses during the last year, as obtained from the 
Quarterly Returns — with the results of an inquiry similar to that prescribed in 
regard to absences. 

4. Whole number of cases submitted by the Teachers for the decision of 
members of Visiting Committees, with a reference to all particulars in such 
cases which may be deemed of special interest. 

5. State of discipline— particularly referring to the extent to which corporal 



punishment is still inflicted, with a statenneut of the results in cases in which it 
has been wholly or for the most part discontinued — specifying also such other 
modes of punishment as appear deserving of commendation or censure. Under 
this head may be further included a comparative statement of the good order, 
quiet and decorum of manners in the several schools — showing how far whisper- 
ing, studying aloud, bad attitudes or bad habits of any kind are still prevalent, 
or have been evidently restrained by the vigilance, good judgment and energy 
of Teachers. There may be appended a comparative statement of the average 
number of merits obtained respectively in the corresponding classes in the sever- 
al schools. 

6. State of morals — showing how many, if any, scholars have been detected 
in stealing, lying, using profane or obscene language, committing disturbances 
or causing injury to property in the school or in the streets, or in any way fur- 
nishing cause of special complaint to the teachers or to citizens. 

7. Course of studies — showing in detail the particular proficiency of the sev- 
eral classes, with a reference to striking proofs of thoroughness or neglect in 
teaching, and the need, if such should appear, of particular suggestions to any 
of the teachers in regard to the manner of discharging this part of their duty. 
Under this head should also be included a full statement of any supposed defects 
in the arrangement of exercises, and of any alleged inconvenience or disadvan- 
tage in the use of text-books, as prescribed by the Special Rules. 

B. School Registers and Class Books — showing whether the same have been 
uniformly kept in the form prescribed by the Visiting Committee. 

9. Number and condition of books furnished at the expense of the city — stat- 
ing the amount expended in the several schools — showing how far in the case 
of those whose parents, masters or guardians are unable to pay for the same, 
the books thus furnished are retained in the hands of teachers for the use of 
other scholars — and in what respects, and by what means, a greater economy 
in this expenditure may be effected. 

10. Library and Apparatus — showing the number of books and the descrip- 
tion of articles furnished by the city, and also what has been effected for either 
object by voluntary contribution — describing the manner in which the library is 
used, its existing deficiencies, and suggesting such expedients as, upon careful 
examination, and after conferring with the teachers, are deemed important and 
practicable, with a view to an extension of the benefits derived from these 
sources. 

11. Condition of school-houses, out-houses, and fences, with a suggestimi of 
whatever is necessary to cause the same to be put and kept at all times in good 
condition, including under this head the results of inquiries in regpect to the 
mode of heating the school-room, the consumption of fuel, and the arrangement 
for ventilation. 

12. Relation of Principal and Assistant — expressing an opinion how far the 
system in operation provides for a suitable distribution of duties, and in what 
respects it is important that it should be modified. 

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13. Vaccination — showing whether, and to what extent, there is reason to 
suppose that the regulation requiring every scholar to have been vaccinated, has 
not been complied with. 

The annual Reports, thus prepared by the Chairmen, shall, as soon as they 
are presented, be read and carefully considered by the Visiting Committees. — 
All such portions as they may deem it important to communicate to the teachers 
generally, shall be communicated at a joint meeting of the Visiting Committee 
and teachers called for the purpose ; and in relation to such portions of the Re- 
ports, the teachers shall be invited to make such oral or written suggestions as 
they may deem expedient, and all such suggestions shall afterwards be specially 
considered by the Visiting Committee. All such portions of the Reports as 
may be deemed to require special action in regard to individual teachers, shall 
be communicated in written copies to the individuals concerned, and the action 
of the Visiting Committee shall be suspended until such teachers shall have the 
opportunity of preparing written replies, which replies shall be filed with the 
Reportsf, and shall be duly considered whenever the subject is acted upon, alike 
in the first instance by the Visiting Committees, and finally by the Board. Af- 
ter the annual Reports have been thus considered and referred to the teachers 
generally or individually, they shall together with the communications of the 
teachers, be laid before the Board, and shall be accompanied by such recommen- 
dations, in the shape of Resolutions or otherwise, as the Visiting Committees 
may have concurred in. 

Sec. 6. In addition to the duties specially enjoined upon the individual mem- 
bors of the Visiting Committees and their Chairmen, the general duties for each 
Visiting Committee shall be as follows, viz : 

1. 'To prepare and submit to the Board such Special Rules as they may deem 
necessary to secure the uniform and most effective instruction and discipline of 
the schools under their care, especially in reference to the relative duties of Prin- 
cipals and Assistants, the arrangement of classes, the course of studies, the pre- 
servation of good order and decorum and the securing of constant and punctual 
attendance, and to consider and report upon any proposition relating to these 
subjects which may have been submitted at a meeting of the Board. 

2. To recommend such Text-Books, Writing-Books, Maps and Apparatus as 
they deem it expedient to introduce into the schools under their care, in the 
place of and in addition to those which are already in use ; and to consider and 
report upon every proposition in relation to these subjects which may have been 
submitted at a meeting of the Board. 

3. To prescribe the form of Records and Class Books to be kept in the sev- 
eral schools under their care. 

4. To inquire into and report upon the qualification of candidates whenever 
any vacancy shall occur in the ofRce of Principal, and to exercise the authority 
conferred in the Seventh Chapter in relation to the appointment of sub-principals 
and assistants. 

5. At the meetings of the several Visiting Committees previous to the last 



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meeting of the Board, a vote shall be talven by ballot upon a question separately 
proposed in reference to each of the Principals, Sub-Principals, and Assistants 
in the several schools under the care of each Visiting Commitlee, in the follow- 
ing form, viz : " Have the duties of the office during the year been performed in 
a manner so satisfactory, that the Visiting Committee are prepared to recommend 
to their successors, the continuance of the appointment? " The result of each 
ballot to be communicated to the Board, to be recorded by the Clerk. 

CHAPTER V. 

Meetings of the Board. ■* 

Sec. 1. The Board shall meet regularly every alternate month, beginning 
in March, on such day in each month, as the Board shall from time to time de- 
signate, and at such hour as the Chairman shall appoint. 

A majority of the Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of busi- 
ness. 

Sec. 2. At eaeh meeting, the Board shall come to order precisely at the 
time appointed, when, after reading the record of the preceding meeting, the 
list of members shall be called by the Clerk, who shall record the names both 
of the absentees and members present. 

Sec. 3. The yeas and nays shall be ordered upon, any question, whenever 
called for by three members. 

Sec. 4. All questions of order which may arise, shall be decided in con- 
formity to the rules and usages of the Common Council. 

Sec. 5. All propositions involving a change in the General Regulations shall 
be referred to the Executive Committee, and all propositions involving a change 
in the Special Rules shall be referred to the appropriate Visiting Committee, to 
consider and report thereon. 

Sec 6. The rolls of accounts which have been approved and examined by 
the Executive Committee shall be submitted to the Board ; and, if passed, shall 
be signed by the Chairman, and delivered to the Clerk, to be by him recorded 
and presented to the Joint Standing Committee of the City Council, in the mode 
prescribed by the City Ordinance. 

CHAPTER VI. 

Organization of Schools. 

Sec. 1. The Fisk School shall be devoted to the preparation of boys for 
College, and shall be under the care of a male Principal. 

The school shall be open for the admission of boys belonging to the city, who 
are at least nine years of age, and shall pass a satisfactory examination by the 
Principal, under the direction of the member of the First Visiting Committee 
having special charge of the school, in spelling, reading, writing, and the rudi- 
ments of arithmetic and geography, and who shall also bring certificates from 
their last instrnctor of good moral character and presumed qualifications. 

The examination of candidates for admission shall take place on the second 



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Monday after the Commencement at Harvard University ; and no scholar shall 
be admitted at any other time, unless by the permission, under extraordinary 
circumstances, of the member of the First Visiting Committee having special 
charge of the school. 

The course of studies shall include all the branches required for admission into 
Harvard University, and also reading, writing, English grammar, English com- 
position, and declamation. 

Sec. 2. The Bovs^ditch and Saltonstall Schools shall be regarded as 
Schools of the First Grade, and shall be devoted to the instruction of boys and 
girllin the higher studies (with the exception of the ancient langnages) which 
can be conveniently pursued during a term of three years after completing the 
studies required in the schools of the Second Grade. The Bowditch School 
shall be appropriated to boys, and the Saltonstall School to girls. 

Each of these schools shall be under the care of a Male Principal, with two 
Female Assistants. 

Any scholar belonging to the first class in either of the Schools of the Second 
Grade, who shall produce a certificate in the form prescribed by the Regulations, 
[Chap, IV, Sec. 4,] may be a candidate for admission into these schools. Any 
boy or girl belonging to the city, who has been previously educated in a private 
school and shall bring from his or her last instructor a certificate of good moral 
character and of presumed qualifications, and who, after a thorough examination 
by the Principal in the studies pursued in the Schools of the Second Grade, 
shall be deemed fully qualified, may also be a candidate. If the whole number 
of candidates shall not exceed the number of vacancies in the school, they shall 
all be admitted; but if all cannot be admitted, the Principal shall report to the 
Executive Committee the number of vacancies, and shall furnish a list of the 
candidates, annexing thereto their respective certificates, and also a statement 
showing the relative rank of the scholars belonging to the public schools, as as- 
certained from their certificates, and the relative rank of scholars belonging to 
private schools, as ascertained by his examination. The Executive Committee 
shall thereupon proceed to apportion the number to be admitted among the seve- 
ral public and private schools, (the private schools to be taken collectively) hav- 
ing regard, as nearly as may be, to the proportion of the number of candidates 
from each public school, or from the several private schools taken collectively, to 
the whole number of candidates from all the schools, both public and private ; 
and giving the preference in the selection of candidates to such as have attained 
the highest relative rank. 

The regular time for the admission of scholars into these schools, shall be on 
the first Monday in Match. Applications for admission at any other time during 
the year, must be addressed to the Executive Committee, who shall have 
authority to grant the same in any case in which it is made to appear that the 
applicant on account of extraordinary circumstances could not attend at the reg- 
ular time for admission, that the applicant is fully qualified to join one of the 
classes, and that there is a vacancy in the school. 



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Each school shall be divided into three classes, to be denominated respectively 
the Junior Class, the Middle Class, and the Senior Class. I'lie Junior Class 
shall consist of such scholars as have been recently admitted, in conformity to 
tlie requirements of this section. The Middle Class shall consist of such schol- 
ars as have regularly completed the studies of the Junior Class. The Senior 
riass shall consist of such scholars as have regularly completed the studies of 
the Junior and Middle Classes. The course of studies for each class shall con- 
tinue during one year ending with the annual examination in February. 

If it shall appear, at the annual examination in February, that anv members 
of the Junior or Middle Class have so far neglected their studies, that in the 
judgment of the Principal they are disqualified for advancement, and if, from the 
result of the annual examination, as reported by the Chairman of the Visitino' 
Committee, the Executive Committee shall concur in this judgment, all such 
members of either of the aforesaid classes shall be dismissed from the school as 
unworthy of its privileges. 

The course of studies shall include Reading and Grammar, Rheto-ic and Com- 
position, Geography and History, Natural History, Chemistry and Geology, 
Political and Moral Science, Arithmetic and Book-Keeping, Algebra and Ge- 
ometry, Practical Mathematics and Natural Philosophy, together with Writing, 
Drawing and Vocal Music. 

Sec. 3. The Phillips, Hackkr, Higginson, Bentley, Pickering, 
Browne and Epes Schools shall be regarded as Schools of the Second Grade, 
and shall be devoted to the instruction of boys and girls in Spelling, Readino-, 
AVriting, Drawing, Vocal Music, EngMsh Grammar, Composition, Geography, 
History, Book-Keeping, Arithmetic, and the elements of Geometry and Al- 
gebra. 

Any boy or girl belonging to the city, may be admitted into one or the other 
of these schools (under such restrictions of sex and residence as are hereinafter 
specilied) whose name shall be borne upon the certificate required to be furnish- 
ed to such scholars as have passed a satisfactory examination in the studies 
pursued in the Primary Schools, or who, if previously educated at a private 
school, shall, upon examination by the Principal, be deemed qualified for admis- 
sion. 

The regular time for the admission of scholars shall be on the first Monday 
of March. Applications for admission at any other time during the year, must 
be addressed to the member ot the Visiting Committee having special charge of 
the school into which the applicant seeks admission, and who shall have autho- 
rity to grant such application in any case in which it is made to appear that the 
applicant, on account of extraordinary circumstances, could not attend at the 
regular time for admission, and is fully qualified to join one of the classes. 

The Phillips School shall be under the charge of a Male Principal, with 
two Female Sub-Principals, and six Female Assistants, and shall receive all 
hoys qualified for admission who reside casiward of a line drawn throuph the 
■centre of North and Summer streets, 



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The Hacker School shall be under the charge of a Male Principal, with 
three Fennale Assistants, and shall receive all boTjs qualified for admission who 
reside westward of a line drawn through the centre of North and Snnimer 
streets, and below the " Hollow" [so called] in Boston street, at the termination 
of Goodhue street, and also such as reside in the settlenient in "Carltonville" 
and in Grove street. 

The HiGGiNSON School shall be under the charge of a Female Principal, 
■with three Female Assistants, and shall receive all girls qualified for admission 
who reside ivesiwurd of a line drawn through the centre of St. Peter's, Essex, 
and Central streets, and below the " Hollow" in Boston street, and also such 
as reside in the settlement in " Carltonville" and in Grove street. 

The Bentley School shall be under the charge of a Female Principal, with 
three Female Assistants, and shall receive all girls qualified for admission who 
reside eastivard of a line drawn through the centre of St. Peter's, Essex and 
Central street. 

The Pickering School shall be under the charge of a Male Principal, with 
two Female Assistants, and shall receive all hoys and ^irls qualified for admis- 
sion who reside in North Salem, with the exception of such as reside in the set- 
tlement in " Carltonville" and in Grove street. 

The Browne School shall be under the charge of a Male Principal, with 
three Female Assistants, and shall receive all boys and girls qualified for admis- 
sion who reside in South Salem. 

The Epks School shall be under the charge of a Male Principal, with one 
Female Assistant, and shall receive all boys and girls who reside above the 
" Hollow" in Boston street. 

Sec. 5. The Primary Schools shall be open for the admission of all chil- 
dren belonging to the city, who shall be not less than four years of age. 

Children shall in all cases be sent to such school as is nearest to their place 
of residence, and shall not be admitted into any other school except under the 
direction of the Chairman of the Third Visiting- Committee, who, whenever it 
appears that more scholars have been sent to any school than can be properly 
accommodated, shall assign a portion of the scholars to other contiguous 
schools, in which they can be accommodated. In every such distribution, the 
children shall be placed at the school which they can attend vvith the least in- 
convenience in respect to distance. 

So far as may be practicable, the Primary Schools shall be organized upon 
the principle of making each school consist of about one hundred scholars — 
either boys or girls exclusively, or both together, as shall in every case be 
deemed expedient by the Third Visiting Committee — under the charge of a 
Female Principal and Assistant. In cases in which it is not practicable to pro- 
vide for so large a number of scholars, a school shall be under the charge of a 
Female Principal alone, and shall consist as nearly as may be of fifty scholars. 

The object of the Primary Schools shall be to secure the simplest and most 
thorough elementary instruction in Spelling, Reading, Writing, Drawing, Yo- 



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ca] Music, Arithmetic and Geogiaphy ; and lor tins purpose (o make constant 
use of black-boards and visible illustrations as well as text-books; to cultivate 
the morals of the children by inculcating good rules and maxims for the regula- 
tion of their daily conduct ; and to promote their health and happiness by reg- 
ular, frequent, and suitable exercise and recreation. 

CHAPTER VII. 

Mode of Appointment, Duties and Salaries of Teachers. 

Sec. 1. Whenever a vacancy shall occur in the office of Principal of any 
other than a primary school, it shall be the duty of the Clerk, under the direc- 
tion of the Chairman of the Visiting Committee having the care of the school, 
to cause an advertisement to be inserted in cne or more newspapers printed in 
Salem (and elsewheie if deemed expedient) stating the studies prescribed for 
the school and the salary attached to the office, and specifying the time at which 
persons desirous of being candidates may present apDlications in wiiting, togeth- 
er with written testimonials of their education and success in teaching, and may 
also be in attendance for the put pose of being examined in conformity to the law 
of the Commonwealth. The Chairman of the Visiting Committee, in connec- 
tion with the member having special charge of the school, shall conduct the ex- 
amination, and shall make all such inquiries as may be deemed necessary, with 
a view to ascertain the relative merits of the different candidates, and the results- 
of the examination and of such inquiries shall he reported to the Board tocrether 
with the applications and testimonials. Upon receiving such Report, the Board 
shall proceed by ballot to make an appointment, of which due notice shall be 
given by the Clerk to the person appointed. 

Sec. 2. Whenever a vacancy shall occur in the office of a Sub-principal or 
Assistant in any school, it shall be the duty of the Chairman of the Visiting 
Committee having the care of the school, in concurrence with the member hav- 
ing special charge of the school, and the Principal, to nominate to the said Vis- 
iting Committee such candidate or candidates, as after proper inquiry and a 
regular examination, they shall in concurrence adjudge to be suitably qualified 
for the appointment. Whenever a vacancy shall occur in the office of Princi- 
pal of a Piimary School, it shall be the duty of the Chairman of the Third Vis- 
iting Committee, in concurrence with the member having special charge of tl.e 
school, to nominate to the said Visiting Committee such candidate or candidates, 
as after a proper inquiry and a regular examination, they shall in concurrence 
adjudge to be suitably qualified for appointment. In every case in which but 
one candidate is nominated, the said Visiting Committee shall proceed to vote 
upon confirming the nomination. If the nomination shall be confirmed, the ap- 
pointment shall be considered as made ; but if the nomination be not confirmed, 
another nomination shall be made and acted upon in like manner. If more than 
one candidate shall be nominated, the Visiting Committee shall proceed to make 
a selection by ballot, and the candidate receiving a majority of votes shall be 



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appointed. The Chairman of the Visitiiiij Committee shall give notice of the 
appointment to the Cleric, who shall enter the same upon the Hecords, and no- 
tify the person appointed. 

Sec. 3. The several Teachers, whether Prin<;ipals or Assistants, shall hold 
their oliices during the pleasure of the Board ; it being understood that no resig- 
nation shall take effect without one month's notice to the Chairman, unless by 
the special permission of the Board. 

Sec. 4. In all the schools in which Assistants are associated with the Prin- 
cipal, the Principal shall be recognized as the Head of the School ; and all di- 
rections of the Principal, which do not conflict with the regulations, shall be 
obeyed by the Assistants. 

Sec. 5. The several teachers shall be required to be in attendance at least 
ten minutes before the hour appointed for opening the schools ; and one or more 
of the Teachejs shall remain half an hour after closing the school, whenever it 
shall become necessary for any purposes of discipline. 

Sec. 6. In every school the Register prescribed by the law of the Common- 
wealth shall be faithfully kept, together with all such Class-Books and other 
Records as may be prescribed by the Visiting Committee. 

Sec. 7. At the close of each term the Principal of each school shall care- 
fully till up each Quarterly Return, of which a blank form shall have been fur- 
nished by the Executive Committee, and shall personally deliver the same to 
the member of the Visiting Committee having special charge of the school on or 
before the day immediately succeeding the close of each term. 

Sec. 8. No teacher shall be absent during school hours or employ any sub- 
stitute, except in the case of sickness and with the approbation of the V^isiting 
Committee ; and no substitute shall remain in school beyond a regular meeting 
of the Board without the approbation of the Board. 

Sec. 9. No teacher shall keep a private school, or give lessons to private 
pupils until after the usual hour of closing the schools for the day. 

Sec. 10. Teachers shall give constant attention to the care of the school- 
houses, out-buildings, and fences, and shall give immediate notice to the Chair- 
man of the Visiting Committee, whenever any injuries have been committed, or 
repairs are needed. They shall also give special attention to the heating and 
ventilation, of the school-rooms, and shall adopt all necessary arrangerae/its for 
promoting the health and comfort of the scholars. 

Sec. U. It shall be the duty of all the teachers, in conformity to the law of 
the Commonwealth, to exert their best endeavors, to impress on the minds of 
children and youth, committed to their care and instruction, the principles of 
piety, justice, and a sacred regard to truth, love to their country, humanity and 
universal benevolence, sobriety, industry, and frugality, chastity, moderation, 
and temperance, and those other virtues, which are the ornament of human so- 
ciety, and the basis upon which a republican constitution is founded ; and it 
shall be the duty of such instructors to endeavor to lead their pupils, as their 
ages and capacities will admit, into a clear understanding of the tendency of the 



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above mentioned virtues to preserve and perfect a republican constitution, and 
secure the blessings of liberty, as well as to promote their future happiness, and 
also to point out to them the evil tendency of the opposite vices. 

Sec. 12. No teacher shall bs relieved from the enforcement of the regula- 
tions contained in this chapter, unless, in extraordinary cases, the Chairman of 
the Board shall see fit to grant a special exemption. 

Sec. 13. The annual salaries of the Teachers shall be as follows : 

ill receive twelve hundred dollars. 

' " one thousand " 

' " three hundred " 

' " eight hundred " 

' " three hundred " 

' " eight hundred " 

' " two hundred " 

' " eight hundred " 

' " two hundred " 

' " three hundred and fifty " 

' " two hundred " 

' " three hundred and fifty " 

' " two hundred " 

• " eight hundred " 

" two hundred " 

" eight hundred " 

■ " two hundred " 

' " eight hundred " 

" two hundred " 

In the Primary Schools, each Principal shall receive two hundred dollars ; 
and each Assistant shall receive one hundred dollars. 



In the Fisk School 


, the Principal 


Bowditch " 


ii a 


(( u 


each Assistant 


Saltonstall " 


the Principal 


a a 


each Assistant 


Phillips " 


Principals 


a (C 


each Assistant 


Hacker " 


the Principal 


(( li 


each Assistant 


Higginson" 


the Principal 


u <c 


each assistant 


Bentley " 


the Principal 


a a 


each Assistant 


Pickering " 


the Principal 


a (C 


each Assistant 


Browne " 


the Principal 


<( u 


each Assistant 


Epes " 


the Principal 


(( (( 


" Assistant 



CHAPTER VHI. 

Regulations of all the Schools. 

Sec. 1. From the first of April to the first of October the schools shall be 
opened in the forenoon at 8, and closed at 11 o'clock. 

From the first of October to the first of April, they shall be opened at 9, and 
closed at 12 o'clock. In the afternoon they shall be opened at 2, and closed at 
5 o'clock, except during the interval from the first of November to the first of 
March, when they shall be closed at half past 4 o'clock. 

The Fisk and Bowditch Schools may be kept four hours in the forenoon of 
Wednesday and Saturday. 

Sec. 2. The regular holidays shall be the afternoons of Wednesday and 
Saturday, Fast Day, Christmas, and the Fourth of July. 



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Sec. 3. The regular vacations shall be one week, commencing on the Mon- 
day preceding the first Monday in June — three weeks from the second Monday 
in August — one week commencing on Monday preceding the annual Thanks- 
giving — three days immediately following the annual examination in February, 
A new term shall be considered as commencing at the close of each vacation. 

Sec. 4. None other than the regular holidays and vacations shall be allowed, 
except upon unusual public occasions, by the special permission of the Chair- 
man, or at other times, under extraordinary circumstances, by the direction of 
the Executive Committee. 

Sec. 5. No scholars shall be admitted into the school-rooms until after the 
arrival of the teachers. 

Sec. 6. All the schools shall be opened by reading a portion of the Bible, 
which, it is recommended, should be accompanied by a devotional exercise, 
either the Lord's prayer, or an extemporaneous or written prayer. The Bible 
may be read separately by the teachers, or b}^ the scholars, or by both in con- 
nection. It shall be considered the privilege of good readers in all the classes, 
occasionally to take part in reading the Bible ; but it shall not be permitted to 
any scholars who do not read correctly to engage in this exercise. All the 
scholars shall be furnished with Bibles, that they may thus be used for the open- 
ing exercise : but the Bible shall not be used as a text book. 

Sec. 7. No scholar shall be permitted to be absent from school except in 
case of his or her sickness, or of sickness or death in the family to which he or 
she belongs ; and every scholar who ir;ay be absent for either of these reasons, 
shall, upon returning to school, present a certificate specifying the reason, 
which shall be signed by his or her parent, master or guardian. 

Sec. 8. The discipline to be maintained in the schools, shall, as far as may 
be, be such as is exercised by a kind, judicious, and faithful parent, in his fami- 
ly ; and corporal punishment shall be avoided except in cases in which it is 
rendered absolutely necessary. 

Sec. 9. Any scholar who shall be guilty of flagrant misconduct, or whose 
example is seen to be very injurious, or whose reformation after repeated admo- 
nition appears to be hopeless, shall he subjected to such penalties as may be 
prescribed by the Visiting Committee having care of the school, to whom the 
case shall be forthwith reported. 

Sec. 10. No scholar shall be transferred from one school to another except 
on account of a change of residence, and in such case a certificate shall be fur- 
nished by the Principal of the school which such scholar had attended, stating 
the cause of the transfer, and the standing of the scholar as represented upon 
the Register ; and upon the presentation of such certificate, such scholar shall 
be admitted into the school situated in the district in which he or she may then 
reside, and shall join the class corresponding to that of which he or she was a 
member in the other school. 

Sec. U. No child shall be admitted into any school without a certificate 
from a physician that he or she has been vaccinated or otherwise secured against 



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the Small Pox : but this certificate shall not be required of scholars who go 
from one school to another. 

Sec. 12. Any scholar who shall be guilty of defacing or in any way injur- 
ing or damaging the school-houses, or school furniture, or the out-houses or 
fences, shall be subject to such penalty as the Visiting Committee, to whom 
every such case shall be forthwith reported, may adjudge proper and necessary. 

Sec. 13. Any scholar who shall carry and exhibit any knife in the school- 
room, shall in every case be subject to the penally of forfeiting the same. 

Sec. 14. No scholar shall be relieved from the enforcement of the regula- 
tions contained in this chapter, unless, in extraordinary cases, the Chairman of 
the Board shall see fit to grant a special exemption.^ 

CHAPTER IX. 

Supply of Books. 

Sec. 1. It being provided by the law of the Commonwealth (Piev. Stat. 
Chap, xxiii. Sect. 18,) that " the scholars at the town schools shall be supplied 
by their parents, masters or guardians, with the books prescribed for their class- 
es," it shall be the duty of the teachers to direct the scholars, whenever they 
are in want of the requisite books, to make application therefor to their parents, 
masters or guardians. 

Sec. 2. If any scholar, upon such application, shall not be supplied with 
the requisite books, the teacher shall forthwith cause to be delivered to the pa- 
rent, master or guardian of such scholar, a notification reciting the requirement 
of the law, and requesting the said parent, master or guardian, to furnish the 
books therein specified, or in default thereof, to present in person the notification 
to the member of the Visiting Committee having special charge of the school. 

Sec. 3. The said member of the Visiting Committee, upon receiving such 
notification, shall confer wuth the parent, master or guardian, for the purpose of 
explaining the requirement of the law as recited in the notification, and of secur- 
ing a compliance with it ; but if the parent, master or guardian, shall finally de- 
cline to comply with the law, and shall sign a certificate to that effect, the said 
member shall give an order to the teacher, authorizing him to supply the scholar 
named in the notification with the books specified therein at the expense of the 
city. 

Sec. 4. The teacher, upon receiving such order from the said member, 
shall supply the books therein authorized, taking care to record the same in the 
manner hereinafter prescribed, and requiring every scholar, to whom any book 
is thus supplied, to return the same as soon as it is no longer used, unless in the 
meanwhile the parent, master or guardian of such scholar shall deliver to the 
teacher the receipt of the City Treasurer, acknowledging the payment of the 
price of such book, in which case the book shall no longer be considered the 
property of the city, and the receipt of the City Treasurer shall be preserved by 
the teacher, as a warrant for relinquishing it to the scholar. 

Sec. 5. The Executive Committee shall annually make a written contract 



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with one or more booksellers for a supply of the books which il may become 
necessary to furnish at the expense of the city — stipulating therein the prices of 
all the books required to be used in the several schools, and prescribing the form 
in which the accounts of the booksellers shall be kept and rendered. 

Sec. 6. The Chairmen of the Visiting Committees shall be severally autho- 
rized to give written orders, from time to time, for the delivery of the books thus 
contracted for, to the teachers of the schools under their care, and the several 
teachers shall give receipts to the booksellers, which, together with the orders, 
shall be preserved as the vouchers of their accounts. 

Sec. 7. The teachers shall be required to account for all books received by 
them from the booksellers by virtue of such orders. For this purpose they shall 
cause every book thus received to be numbered and labelled with an inscription 
representing the book as the property cf the city ; and they shall keep a record 
in which shall be entered the number and title of every book, the name of the 
scholar to whom it is delivered, the name of the parent, master or guardian of 
every such scholar, the date of delivery, the date of return, with such remarks 
as will explain the fact if it be not duly returned. At the close of each term 
they shall transmit to the Clerk a copy of such record, recapitulating therein 
the whole number of volumes received from the bookseller ; the whole number 
delivered for the use of scholars, and the whole number remaining on hand and 
not in use. They shall also therewith transmit the notifications, certificates and 
ordeis received from the Visiting Committees, and all other vouchers which 
may be in their possesison. 

Sec. 8. The Clerk, upon receiving the records of the teachers, shall exam- 
ine the same as well also as the accompanying vouchers, and shall submit the 
whole for the inspection of the Executive Committee, who, if they shall find 
the records correct, shall approve and order them to be placed on file, or shall 
otherwise proceed as the case in their judgment may require. 

Sec. 9. At the close of each municipal year, the Clerk shall prepare a 
statement, exhibiting the names of all parents, masters or guardians of the 
scholars to whom books have been furnished at the expense of the city, and the 
prices of such books, and shall transmit such statement, duly certified by the 
Executive Committee, to the City Assessors. 



APPENDIX. 



(A.) 

CERTIFICATE OF SCHOLARSHIP AND GOOD CONDUCT. " 

City of Salem, 
February , 184 

We hereby certify, That , a scholar 

belonging to the First Class in the School, is adjudged by us 

in concurrence to have sustained a good moral character, and to have completed 
in a satisfactory manner all the studies required in the schools. We further 
certify, that of Scholars belonging to the First Class, the said is 

adjudged to be entitled to the rank for Scholarship, and to the rank 

for Good Conduct. 

Chairman of the Visiting Committee. 

\ Member of Visiting Committee 

5 having special charge of the School. 

{Principal of School. 



(B.) 

CERTIFICATE OF QUALIFICATIONS OF SCHOLARS IN PRIMARY 

SCHOOLS. 

City of Salem, 
February , 184 

We hereby certify. That the Scholars below named, severally belonging 
to the Primary School under the charge of have 

been adjudged by us in concurrence to be qualified for admission into the Schools 
of the Second Grade, 

Chairman of Visiting Committee. 

\ Member of Visiting Committee 

5 having special charge of the School. 

Principal of Primary School. 



Names of Scholars. 



Names of tr'arents. 
Masters or Guardians. 



Residence. 



Ao-e. 



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(C.) 

CERTIFICATE OP APPOHTIONMENT OF CANDIDATES FOR ADMISSION 
INTO THE SCHOOL. 

City of Salem, 18 

Whereas it appears from the Report of the Principal, that there 
are vacancies in the School, and 

that candidates, suitably qualified, have been 

duly offered for admission, the Executive Committee, having examined the list 
of candidates prepared by the Principal, and the several certificates and state- 
ments thereto annexed, have proceeded to make the apportionment required by 
the 2d section of the sixth chapter of the School Regulations : 
It is accordinglv certified. That 

of candidates from the Phillips, are entitled to admission. 

" Hacker, " 

" Higginson, " 

(( <c 

U (( 

" Private Schools (collectively) " 
It is further certified. That the candidates below-named have been 
selected for admission, the preference having been given to such as have sus- 
tained the highest relative lank. 

From the 
From the 
From the 

From the School : 

From the School : 

From Private Schools, taken collectively : 
By order of the Executive Committee. 

Chairman. 



SPECIAL RULES 



THIRD VISITING COMMITTEE 



PRIMARY SCHOOLS. 

CHAPTER I. 

Organization and Duties of the Committee. 

Article 1. The officers of this Committee shall consist of a Chairman chosen 
by ballot, at the first meeting after their appointment. At the same time there 
shall be appointed a committee to revise the special rules to be submitted to the 
Visiting Committee, and by them to be presented to the Board for confirmation. 

Art. 2. It shall be the duty of the Chairman to preside at all meetings, and 
to call to order as soon as a quorum shall have assembled — to keep a record of 
the proceedings — and to present from time to time such abstracts to the Board as 
may be deemed necessary. In his absence the oldest member present shall call 
to order, preside, &c. 

Art. 3. This Committee shall meet on the Friday evening preceding the 
second Monday of every month, to devise measures for the general interests of 
the schools. Special Meetings may be called by the Clerk of the Board, at the 
request of any member. Four members present shall constitute a quorum. 

Art. 4. The primary schools shall be divided into eight districts — which 
shall be regularly numbered as follows : 

1st District shall consist of the schools in Bridge and William streets. 

2d District, of the schools between Essex and East streets. 

3d District, of the schools between Essex and Bath streets. 

4th District, of the schools in South Salem. 

5th District, of the schools in Marlborough, Chesnut, Broad and Endicott sts. 

6th District, of the schools in North Salem. 

7th District, of the schools in Beckford, Dean and Warren streets. 

8th District, of the schools in Aborn street, and Old Boston Road. 

Each member of the Committee shall have charge of one District. 

CHAPTER n. 

Classification and Course of Study. 
Art. 1. The pupils in the schools shall be arranged in six Classes, pursuing 
the following course of instruction, viz : 

Sixth Class. 
BumsteaiVs First School Book. 1. Pronouncing words without spelling. 
2. Pronouncing and spelling combined. 3. Spelling without book, words that 



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have been learned in the regular lessons. 4. Simple oral lessons in arithmetic, 
or counting from one to an hundred. 5. Imitating on the slate, some mark, 
letter, or other object, placed thereon, or in copying from a card or an inscription 
upon the Black Board. 

Fifth Class. 

The same as the preceding, continued. N. B. No scholar shall be advanc- 
ed from the fifth to the fourth class, who cannot spell and read correctly in My 
First School Book, in the columns to the 20th page, and in the sentences to the 
70th page. 

Fourth CiEiAss. 

The same as the preceding, concluded. Swan''s Primary School Reader, 
Part 2d, and Emerson'' s Arithmetic, commenced. 

Third Class. 

Swanks 2d Book, and Emerson' s Arithmetic. Spelling; and ThinJcing Combin- 
ed, commenced. — Letters used for numbers to be taught. N. B. Mo scholar 
shall be advanced from the third to the second class who cannot spell the words 
in the First School Book and the first 30 pages of Spelling and Thinking, and 
read well in Swan's 2d Book 

Second Class. 

Spelling and Thinking continued — Bumstead's Third Reading Book — Green- 
leaf's Mental Ariilimetic, commenced. The stops and marks as they occur in 
the reading lessons, to be explained and learned both orally and by writing on 
the Black Board. 

First Class. 

Spelling and Thinking Comlined and Greenleaf's Mental Arithmetic contin- 
ued — Swan's Primary Reader, Zd Part — Smith's First Book in Geography, 
commenced. 

At the close of the examination in February, all the members of the First 
Class, who have not passed a satisfactory examination in Swan's 3d Part — 
Greenleaf's Arithmetic, and the first 40 pages of Smith's First Book in Geogra- 
phy, will not be adjudged as qualified for admission into the higher schools. 

Article 2d. Every scholar shall be provided with a slate, and employ the 
time not otherwise occupied, in writing, printing or drawing. 

Art. 3d. The scholars shall occupy a portion of the time of every school 
session, at the Black Board, in drawing, printing or writing. 

Art. 4th. Oral instruction shall be deetmed to constitute an important part 
of the duties of the teachers, and shall occupy a distinct portion of time of every 
school session. 

Art. 5th. Singing shall form a part of the exercises of every school session. 

Art. 6th. A recess often minutes shall be invariably allowed at the close of 
each hour, during which the scholars shall be occupied under the direction of the 
teachers, in exercise and recreation. 

Art. 7th. The books of the scholars shall be carefully kept in the apart- 
ments provided for this purpose. 



SPECIAL RULES 



SECOND VISITING COMMITTEE, 



ENGLISH GRAMMAR SCHOOLS. 

CHAPTER T. 

Organization and Duties of the Committee. 

Section 1. A chairman of the committee shall be chosen by ballot at the 
first meeting, whose duty it shall be to preside at all meetings, and to keep a 
record of the proceedings ; abstracts of v^hich shall from time to time, as may be 
necessary, be presented to the whole board : in his absence, a chairman pro tern, 
shall be appointed. 

Sec. 2. The committee shall meet regularly on the second Tuesday of each 
month, and special meetings shall be called by the clerk of the board when re- 
quested by any member. Four members shall constitute a quorum. 

Sec. 3. The schools under the charge of this com.mittee, shall be divided into 
seven districts, as follows :— 1st district, Phillips School ; 2d district, Bentley 
School ; 3d district, Higginson School ; 4th district, Hacker School ; 5th dis- 
trict, Epes School ; 6th district, Browne School ; 7th district, Pickering School. 
A mem.ber of the committee shall be assigned at the first meeting, to each 
school, in reference to which he shall perform the duties required by the general 
regulations. 

CHAPTER n. 

Text Books and Management of the Schools. 

Sec. 1. The following text-books shall be used in the Grammar Schools : — 
The District School Reader, The Grammar School Reader, The Mt. Vernon 
Reader, Worcester's Third Book and American First Class Book, Wells's 
Grammar. Smith's Primary Geography, and Woodbridge's Geography. Col- 
burn's First Lessons, Colburn's Sequel, Tower's Algebra, and Grund's Geom- 

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etry. Tower's Gradual Speller, Northend's Book-Keeping, and the National 
Writing Book. 

Sec. 2. The principals of the schools are authorized to make such classifi- 
cation of their respective schools, and such regulations for the discipline and gov- 
ernment thereof, as, in their best discretion, they may deem expedient ; and also 
to make such apportionment of time for study bolh in and out of school, and for 
recitations, and such assignments of duty to each assistant under their charge, as 
they think will most promote the advancement of pupils : and the principals ■vvill 
be held responsible for the progress and discipline oftlie schools under their care, 
and also for the preservation and good condition of the rooms and buildings occu- 
pied by them. 

Seg. 3. Each principal shall keep the register reqirired by law, and also a 
particular record of the scholarship and deportment of each scholar, in the first 
class of the several schools. 

Sec. 4. The recesses of the schools shall never exceed fifteen minutes in 
length, and only one recess shall be allowed in each half day. 



SPECIAL RULES 



PIRST VISITING COMMITTEE, 



FISK, BOWDITCH, AND SALTONSTALL SCHOOLS. 
CHAPTER I. 

Organization and Duties of the Committee. 

Section 1. A chairman shall be chosen at the first meeting, who shall pre- 
side at all meetings, and keep a record of proceedings. 

Sec. 2. Meetings of the committee shall be called by the clerk of the board, 
whenever desired by any member. 

Sec. 3. The schools under the charge of this committee shall be divided in- 
to three districts, as follows : — 1st district, Fisk School ; 2nd district, Bovi'ditch 
School ; 3d district, Saltonstall School. A member of the committee shall be 
assigned at the first meeting, to each school, in reference to which he shall per- 
form the duties required by the general regulations. 

CHAPTER n. 

Text Books and Management of the Schools. 

Sec. 1. The following text books shall be used in the Fisk School : — 
Weld's Latin Lessons ; Andrews & Stoddard's Latin Grammar ; Andrews's 
Latin Reader, Viri Romse, Caesar, and Ovid ; Cicero's Orations ; Bowen's Vir- 
gil, and Kreb's Guide ; Sophocles's Greek Grammar, Lessons and Exercises; 
Felton's Greek Reader ; Emerson's Arithmetic ; Totten & Sherwin's Algebra ; 
Worcester's A.ncient and Modern Geography ; Introduction to Geometry. 

Sec. 2. The following text books shall be used in the Bowditch School : — 
Tower's Gradual Reader, and the American School Reader ; Wells's Gram- 
mar ; The Scholar's Companion ; Worcester's Dictionary ; Woodbridge's Ge- 
ography ; Robbins's Outlines of History ; Smellie's Natural History ; Way- 
land's Political Economy, and Moral Science; Bayard's Constitution of the U. 



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States; Adams's Mental Arithmetic, and Chase's Arithmetic, 2nd part ; Batch- 
elder's Book-keeping; Sherwin's Algebra ; Davies's Elements of Geometry, 
and Surveying ; Olmsted's Natural Philosophy, Astronomy and Chemistry. 

Sec 3. The following text books shall be used in the Saltonstall School : 
Wells's Grammar ; Swan's District School Reader ; Worcester's Dictionary ; 
Woodbridge's Geography ;,^ Wayland's Moral Science ; Whately's Rhetoric ; 
Smellie's Natural History ; Adams's Mental Arithmetic ; Chase's Arithme- 
tic, 2d part ; Sherwin's Algebra ; Davies's Elements of Geometry ; Olmsted's 
Natural Philosophy ; Cutter's Physiology, Astronomy and Chemistry. 

Sec, 4. Tire principals of the schools are authorized to make such classifi- 
cation of their respective schools, and such regulations for the discipline and 
government thereof, as in their best discretion they may deem expedient, subject, 
however, to the general regulations. And they will be held responsible for the 
progress and discipline of the schools under their charge, and for the good con- 
dition and preservation of the rooms and buildings occupied by them. 

Sec. 5. Each principal shall keep the register required by law, and such 
farther records of scholarship and deportment, as may from time to time be re- 
quired by the committee having special charge of the scliools. 



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